Good quick summary! Chuck’s craft essays and generosity in sharing and promoting other’s work is the ideal idea of established author, how I hope to be when I make it big.
From Chuck, I read Craig Clevenger, who also taught practical writing tips, like dialogue should reveal who has power and that trait can be transferred and therefore should be dynamically passed amongst speakers as they reveal/threaten/promise/etc. during their conversation. Craig introduced me to Sara Gran, who taught me, “write the most interesting parts of your story first. Then write the less interesting parts. Leave out what’s unnecessary.” Sara, when asked what book she recommends the most, introduced me to Charles Portis’ True Grit, which I’m still assessing the lesson (strong voice? Thrilling action? Never a character alone?)
Good quick summary! Chuck’s craft essays and generosity in sharing and promoting other’s work is the ideal idea of established author, how I hope to be when I make it big.
From Chuck, I read Craig Clevenger, who also taught practical writing tips, like dialogue should reveal who has power and that trait can be transferred and therefore should be dynamically passed amongst speakers as they reveal/threaten/promise/etc. during their conversation. Craig introduced me to Sara Gran, who taught me, “write the most interesting parts of your story first. Then write the less interesting parts. Leave out what’s unnecessary.” Sara, when asked what book she recommends the most, introduced me to Charles Portis’ True Grit, which I’m still assessing the lesson (strong voice? Thrilling action? Never a character alone?)
i love to do the same - read an author, read who they reccomend, and who they reccomend and so on. it's a great practice!
Love this! Such a thought-provoking way to go about writing & revising -- and such a great teaser to dig in to the approaches further. Thank you!
thank you so much for reading!! I hope some of these approaches become part of your toolkit for when you need them :)
You’ve given me a lot to think about as I traipse through my WIP. I especially love the idea of using a talisman!
i love that one too!! i’m so glad this post resonated with you. happy writing!
https://open.substack.com/pub/alkatp/p/hold-back-my-tears-poetry?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5jq1a3